ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI vs ATI Radeon HD 3470

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI and ATI Radeon HD 3470 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

ATI Radeon HD 3470

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 48 gflops
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 48 gflops
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3470

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI	ATI Radeon HD 3470
PassMark - G3D Mark		119
PassMark - G2D Mark		62
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		764

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI	ATI Radeon HD 3470
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV620	RV620
Launch date	23 January 2008	23 January 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1622
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3